Camp

 On Monday 21st of september when camp started the seiners had a trip to camp raglan for two hours. I was sitting next to rudolph. And I was sitting in front of Maria and ana. There was a toilet stop in the gas station. When we made it, everyone had a meeting in the hall. But first we put all of our bags in the hall. When we finished having a meeting all of the kids went to go set up their dorms /beds. Then we all went for a walk to the beach. When Miss Ashley said NOT TO GO IN THE BEACH all the kids went to the beach. Me and my friend Davlyn were the last one to go to the beach. No one listened to Miss Ashley when she said NOT TO GO. then we all went for dinner. When some kids were awake at night time teachers had to go tell them off or move dorms. On the first day of camp a window in the bathroom was already broken. 

Then on Tuesday everyone had to wake up around 7:00 so everyone could go for a beach walk or wait and set up the tables for breakfast. After breakfast all of the kids and teachers went for a meeting. There were 3 groups. 1 group did orienteering and the other group went for kayaking then the last group went for sports. When i had lunch and dinner everyone had a movie night. Miss Ashley called a meeting cause on the first two days most of the kids weren't listening. Stuff was broken, kids were having a fight and then people were sad. When i had lunch i was sitting with davlyn, ehthoo, mathew, wesley and kymani. 

Then on wednesday in the morning everyone had breakfast then the 3 groups went for their orientation, rock climbing, and paddling. For lunch on wednesday we had pasta cake and water. After lunch everyone went to play at the pools, gym and the park. The girls had a party because it was Lily's birthday. And everyone had to sleep early because some boys had a fight. 

On thursday we were supposed to go on a beach walk, and have outside games. But then it was raining the whole entire way. So the only activities we were allowed to do was rock climbing, sports in the gym and fiafia show. Heaps of boys were crying because they were gonna go back home. We were playing team games and activities. Everyone was supposed to sleep at 9:00 clock, but sleep at 11:00 o’clock. And we had marshmallows.

On friday some kids went for a beach walk. Then the other kids were cleaning up their dorms. After breakfast everyone went outside. Then we all had hot dogs for lunch after we had lunch, kids were packing up their bags and went back home. When we had 2 hours back home people were unpacking their bags and going to the hall. Miss sharma said that whoever broke the stuff they had to pay for it.

WIND CHIMES

  -Wind chimes

Define these words from the text

• Yielding- something not hard or rigid

• Wilderness- is the wild

• Batons- stick 

• Wood splintering 

• Hauled- forced to be pulled

• Settlement- when they set up their house or something

• Scarcely- able to breathe 

• Droned- a low humming sound

• Stifling-very hot room causing difficulties to breathe 

• Unsteady - something that's not ready to use 

• Disobedience- Disobedience means failure or refusal to obey rules or someone.

• Barely- don't really know them

• Clarity- being coherent and intelligible.

• Ridge long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.

• Porch- a covered protecting in the front entrance.

• Upstream opposite direction  

Explain what a ‘muse’ is.

• Where was Tre the day the voids turned up? How do you know? He was in class because you can see 

the teacher reading a book.

• What is the author implying by saying “as if they had done it a thousand times before?” (page 4)in the town it looked like that the voids have destroyed that town before.

• Where are Tre’s mum and dad? Why do you think this? At the hidden place

• What language feature is “as white as a hospital sheet”. it is white metaphor

• Who/what was the “one exception”. What does that mean?Muse

• How many regions are there? How do you know? What might be in the other regions? 7 region

• Where did the other kids at the new school come from? How long had they been there? How do you know? 

• What happens on page 8 that gives you a hint to something that might happen later in the story? The “run sign”

• Who said “Do Something, Tell me I’m not alone” on page 9. Tre said it .

• Do you think Muse spelt out RUN just for Tre, or do you think it's always there on her table? Why?spelt out RUN just for Tre because she knew that tre went to get out because he was different.

• How far away was the new school from Tre’s old house? How do you know this?very far away 2-3 days because it said the voids have been quiet for a few days.

• Does hushed mean killed? How do you know? If not, what else could it mean?no it means get hurt

• What is “the pen” (page 11)’ prison

• What was dad trying to tell Tre? Why couldn’t he just tell him where his/mum were? Because guards were listening.

• On page 14, what happens to tre when “his voice catches”? He catched a feeling 

• Why is Muse the one who rows the boat? Cause tre know where to go

• What language feature is “The harakeke closes in, swallowing them up”.the harakeke is coming closer

Swimming

 The reason why it's important to swim is so that you might drown in the water.

If people don't learn how to swim then swimming will be their biggest fear, the reason why we have school is so we can learn maths, writing and swimming. Cause if you went to the beach or pools and it was deep then you won't drown you will be able to swim. Swimming is important because you will drown or you will be scared. In college we have swimming contests. That's the reason why we have lifeguards so they can save us or kids when they drown.

If you live on land no water then you won't be able to swim. If you know how to swim then you will be confident. So if there was a tsunami/flood or hurricane you would know how to swim and you can go on the mountain. If there was someone drowning a lifeguard would straight away help you. Swimming is a good all-round activity because it: keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off your body. builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness. provides an all-over body workout, as nearly all of your muscles are used during swimming. 

A best friend is a loving and helpful person.  It is important to swim because of other people that come where it's landlocked and they might drown because they’re not used to swimming. NZ has over 700 beaches. In 2018 68 people drowned and die (watersafety.org). There are 15,000 km of coastline, making it the 3rd longest coastline in NZ (wikipedia.org). Some people that are new to swimming take swimming lessons at the pools. It is important to swim so you can save one of your family members if you drown.

Tree of life

Our initial thoughts The wolf is connected to the A water lily is connected to an orchid and a sunflower This is the evolution of sea creatures Its about animals and insects Its like a timeline and family tree Its what they use to stay alive Its what they eat The green thing is what they eat It's about where they live It's about animals There’s heaps of animals It's about how the animals and stuff evolved Its a tree of nature Different categories of animals Different food chains What we learnt 3.6 billion years ago - first living things started to exist (origin of life) All the organisms on the purple branch live in the ocean. The blue branch turns into insects and crabs. The green branch is the plant kingdom. 42 million years ago wolf,lion,Bear and kekeno in car nvores. Lion is in the animal kingdom. The last flower was a sunflower. It started 3.6 million years ago. The first organism archaea. Bear is in the animal kingdom. There are more in the animal kingdom. The first plant was a sea lettuce. There are 5 kingdom. The second to last plant is a carrot. They is 6 colour There are less The second organism is a spirochaete. Litia- Kingsnakes are medium size nonvenomous snakes that kill by constriction. A crocodile is related to the dinosaurs and birds - Kymani A flamingo is related to a T-REX. The Sunflower is the last flower to be born. Litia- Kingsnake colored in repeating patterns of Red, White and black Railey:a flatworm is a kind of worm that's from the lophotrochozoans family. Wesley:A platypus is the only animal that gives birth Mariah - Platypus is in the kingdom of animals. And a platypus is in the color Red. It is in the family of tetrapods. It existed 170 million years ago. chimpanzee are closely related to humans. EH Htoo Butterfly are beautiful bugs; they have an extraordinary life, the first kind involved in about 160 mya. Michael: Hippo is inside the animal kingdom. isi - Hope - A Carrot Daucus is in the dicots family Maria - The clown fish is in the vertebrate family Stanley - A Aardvark is connected to a pekapeka, an aardvark is also family with the Elephant.

The Tree of Life

Our initial thoughts

The wolf is connected to the 

A water lily is connected to an orchid and a sunflower

This is the evolution of sea creatures

Its about animals and insects

Its like a timeline and family tree

Its what they use to stay alive

Its what they eat

The green thing is what they eat

It's about where they live

It's about animals

There’s heaps of animals

It's about how the animals and stuff evolved

Its a tree of nature

Different categories of animals

Different food chains

What we learnt

3.6 billion years ago - first living things started to exist (origin of life)

All the organisms on the purple branch live in the ocean. 

The blue branch turns into insects and crabs. 

The green branch is the plant kingdom. 

42 million years ago wolf,lion,Bear and kekeno in car nvores.

 Lion is in the animal kingdom.

 The last flower was a sunflower.

 It started 3.6 million years ago.

 The first organism archaea.

 Bear is in the animal kingdom. 

There are more in the animal kingdom.

 The first plant was a sea lettuce.

 There are 5 kingdom.  

 The second to last plant is a carrot.

 They is 6 colour

There are less 

The second organism is a spirochaete.

Litia- Kingsnakes are medium size nonvenomous snakes that kill by constriction.    

A crocodile is related to the dinosaurs and birds - Kymani 

A flamingo is related to a T-REX. 

The Sunflower is the last flower to be born.

Litia- Kingsnake  colored in repeating patterns of Red, White and black

Railey:a flatworm is a kind of worm that's from the lophotrochozoans family.

Wesley:A platypus is the only animal that gives birth

Mariah - Platypus is in the kingdom of animals. And a platypus is in the color Red. It is in the family of tetrapods. It existed 170 million years ago.

chimpanzee are closely related to humans.

EH Htoo Butterfly are beautiful bugs; they have an extraordinary life, the first kind involved in about 160 mya. 

Michael: Hippo is inside the animal kingdom.

isi - 

Hope - A Carrot Daucus is in the dicots family

Maria -  The clown fish is in the vertebrate family  

Stanley - A Aardvark is connected to a pekapeka, an aardvark is also family with the Elephant. 

A good friend

 A best Friend is a helpful loving Friend. Best friends are trustworthy and show them the right stuff.

A good friend is honest by telling the truth and not lying. A bff shows Honesty by going to their friend and confessing the truth and not gossiping. A friend doesn't backstab you. If your friend lies to you i wouldn’t trust them and i won’t tell them what's happening or not telling them my secrets. A Best friend is always trustworthy no matter what. I will trust my Best friend. A Friend is kind and helpful. If i trust my friend with my netbook and they break it then i would want them to tell them the truth.

When your Best friend is sick I would look after them and if they had a broken leg then i would sit with them and play chatter boxes or slime yuck yuck. If my friend writes bad stuff about me then I will tell them to tell me the truth. My friend always stands up for me. I'm interested in what my friends do in their life. If my friend needs help with something then I will help them. A best friend doesn't hurt your feelings, a friend cheers you up instead. My friends are Wesley, Cedric, Isi, Havea, Kordell, Auckland, Paula, Raymond, Railey and Little kids.

Friends are Honest, Honest enough to tell you the truth just like my Best Friends Wesley and Cedric. A friend doesn't distract you when you're writing or doing a test. A friend is supposed to be a good influence and doesn't force you to do stuff. If a little kid was playing with no one I would go to them and be their good friend forever. Trust is something you value. My Good friend is Wesley and Cedric cause they give me feedback. Wesley and Cedric encourage me to play in tournaments and listen to my ideas. Me and Cedric always walked to our house and played around as we were walking. When i would walk home with Cedric he made me and my sisters and his own sister laugh by saying funny things/jokes. Me Wesley and Cedric are close friends but sometimes when we talk too much we get splitted up. We all look after each other and help each other when one of us is stuck. We would give each other nicknames like the shield or another team name. 

Me cedric and wesley have common interests. We all have friend ships towards each other. We all like the same games and the same sports like Rugby, Touch, Invisible Touch, Fortnite, Cod, Shell shockers and krunker. Me wesley and cedric would always go on the calls so we can talk to each other and play games together. 

It is important for your hauora to have friendships with people your own age. Good friends are Trustworthy helpful and show feedback.

swimming school values